Wisconsin ends trip with a shutout loss
June 3, 2005 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -- Three Cedar Rapids Kernel pitchers shutout the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on six hits for a 2-0 win. Jesse Smith pitched seven innings and struckout six for the win. Richard Giannotti hit a solo homer in the third inning. Wisconsin dropped three out of four games to the last place Kernels and ended their twelve game road trip 8-4.
Alexis Casilla and Sean Rodriguez both walked to start the bottom of the first inning. A passed ball moved both runners up a base. Aaron Peel's RBI groundout knocked in Casila for a 1-0 Kernel lead.
Richard Giannotti launched a lead off home run in the bottom of the third inning to put the Kernels (23-32) up 2-0.
Smith was never in serious trouble. TJ Stanton pitched a scoreless eighth. Kernel closer Frederic FeLoizaga-Carney came on in the ninth.
The Rattlers (31-24) got a one out single from Marshall Hubbard and a two out pinch hit single from Brandon Green to put runners at first and third to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. But, DeLoizaga-Carney got the final out for his seventh save of the season.
Ratter starting pitcher Casey Abrams allowed two runs (one earned) in seven innings, but took the loss. Abrams walked four and struck out two.
The Clinton LumberKings lost 8-6 at Lansing, so the Timber Rattlers remain one game in front of Clinton. Quad Cities lost 4-3 in ten innings at Fort Wayne. Quad Cities stays in third place 1-1/2 games behind Wisconsin in the first half race for the Midwest League Western Division title. There are fifteen games remaining in the half.
The Rattlers return home to begin an eight game homestand. Wisconsin hosts the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays in game one of a four game series Saturday. Mark Lowe (4-3, 5.32ERA) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Brandon Mann (4-4, 4.37ERA) should be the starter for the Devil Rays. Game time at Fox Cities Stadium is 7:05pm. The first fireworks display of 2005 is scheduled for after the game.
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